TOP ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS
Discover Centennial: May 19th, 8:00am | Roseville Campus Want to learn more about Centennial? Considering membership? Join us for coffee, donuts & conversation at the Roseville campus. Register online.
SAVE THE DATE - Just Like Me (Summer VBS): Wednesdays, July 10-August 4, 5:00-8:00pm | [CLICK HERE] to sign up to volunteer.
SAVE THE DATE - Just Like Me (Summer VBS): Wednesdays, July 10-August 4, 5:00-8:00pm | [CLICK HERE] to sign up to volunteer.
Compassion
Midwest Mission Service Trip: Centennial UMC will be sending two teams to serve at the Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Pawnee, IL in July of 2024.
- One team (up to 10 individuals) will be serving for four days, Monday July 15 to Thursday July 18, with anticipated travel days on Sunday July 14 and Friday July 19. Cost to register: $150.
- Another team (up to 16 individuals) will be serving for two days, Wednesday July 17 and Thursday July 18, with anticipated travel days on Tuesday July 16 and Friday July 19. Cost to register: $63.
Habitat for Humanity 2024 Project: Volunteers can sign up for the Habitat for Humanity 2024 Project at the Habitat Humanity Hub: http://holyhammers.tchabitat.volunteerhub.com. The project will run from April 15 - June 14. Volunteers can sign up for any day during the project. Centennial has been asked to focus on 6/24, 6/3-6 and 6/10-14. If you can help out with food service contact: Bonnie Bougie | bougiebj@hotmail.com or Pat Torgrimson | pat.torgrimson@gmail.com. Questions? Contact Jack Griffin | jacklgriffin@hotmail.com.
Seniors Self-Defense Sessions: Monday mornings, May 6, 13, 20, 10-11:00 am | St. Anthony Park Campus | Would you like to feel more confident and stronger when you are “out and about”? Learn through drills and games situation awareness and prevention skills as well as defend and fight as a last resort. Gail Boxrud, certified instructor from Krav Maga Minneapolis LLC, will lead this course. Participants may attend 1, 2 or 3 classes. This course is offered at No Charge. Registration is required. Contact the St. Anthony Park Area Seniors office at 651-642-9052 or sc@sapaseniors.org to register.
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie | dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
Office Volunteer Sign-up: Can you help us cover the Roseville front office desk until the new Communications and Office Manager position is filled? Volunteers will be answering phones and helping with light office work as needed (details and instructions provided). [CLICK HERE] to sign up!
Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net
Seniors Self-Defense Sessions: Monday mornings, May 6, 13, 20, 10-11:00 am | St. Anthony Park Campus | Would you like to feel more confident and stronger when you are “out and about”? Learn through drills and games situation awareness and prevention skills as well as defend and fight as a last resort. Gail Boxrud, certified instructor from Krav Maga Minneapolis LLC, will lead this course. Participants may attend 1, 2 or 3 classes. This course is offered at No Charge. Registration is required. Contact the St. Anthony Park Area Seniors office at 651-642-9052 or sc@sapaseniors.org to register.
Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie | dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.
Office Volunteer Sign-up: Can you help us cover the Roseville front office desk until the new Communications and Office Manager position is filled? Volunteers will be answering phones and helping with light office work as needed (details and instructions provided). [CLICK HERE] to sign up!
Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net
Discipleship
Discover Centennial: May 19th, 8:00am | Roseville Campus Want to learn more about Centennial? Considering membership? Join us for coffee, donuts & conversation at the Roseville campus. Go here to register.
Summer Camp Registration | https://www.campminnesota.org/ Scholarships are available. Questions? Contact Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org
Youth Service Trip to Minnesota’s North Shore | June 23-27, $150 Service trip is open to youth currently in 6th to 12th grade. There will be intentional time planned as a large group, and as separate middle school/high school groups. Detailed schedule will be finalized soon. Plans are underway for travel on Sunday June 23, a full day of service (9-3) on Monday, ½ day of service on Tuesday with a fun outing in the afternoon, a full day of service on Wednesday, with a State Park or similar outing on the way home Thursday. [CLICK HERE TO REGISTER] Contact Katie Sharpe (shar0154@yahoo.com) or Jay Coggins (jaycoggins1@gmail.com) with questions.
Youth Group | Sacred Rhythms: May 15 | Let’s close out our year on learning about Sacred Rhythms and how we experience them throughout our daily lives. This week we will talk about scripture and learning to deepen our understanding and relationship with the Divine.
Connectivity Adult Faithwalk for May: Sundays in Asbury 1 at 10:30 | May 12th we will discuss “Healing the Heart of Democracy” a video by Parker Palmer. May 19th we will review important information from the General Conference of UMC. Connectivity will not meet on May 26th and will not have regular meetings during the summer.
Ruth Circle: Join Ruth Circle on Tuesday, May 14, for the Grand Opening of Emma Norton Services Restoring Waters facilities in the Highland Bridge area of St Paul. The group will car pool from church . RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED. Contact Diane Anderson 651-398-5904 | dbanderson@comcast.net
Flames Ministry Schedule: April - August | The Flames invite you to know God together in worship, fellowship and service. We meet 2nd Sundays for class and worship (with ASL) at Roseville. Flames welcome teens and adults with disabilities and other life challenges. [CLICK HERE] to view our schedule for spring and summer activities. Contact: Debby Newman | DebbyAndEve@gmail.com
Bible Study at St. Anthony Park: Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus | Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Bible Study at Roseville: Wednesdays at 6:00pm | Roseville Campus in Asbury 1 | Join anytime! Trouble reading and understanding the bible? Come and sift through the scriptures together. Find things for the first time or see things in a new light regardless of your background. We’ll use tools from Les Feldick Ministries. Contact: Mark Meyer mark.meyer@netzero.com.
Summer Camp Registration | https://www.campminnesota.org/ Scholarships are available. Questions? Contact Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org
Youth Service Trip to Minnesota’s North Shore | June 23-27, $150 Service trip is open to youth currently in 6th to 12th grade. There will be intentional time planned as a large group, and as separate middle school/high school groups. Detailed schedule will be finalized soon. Plans are underway for travel on Sunday June 23, a full day of service (9-3) on Monday, ½ day of service on Tuesday with a fun outing in the afternoon, a full day of service on Wednesday, with a State Park or similar outing on the way home Thursday. [CLICK HERE TO REGISTER] Contact Katie Sharpe (shar0154@yahoo.com) or Jay Coggins (jaycoggins1@gmail.com) with questions.
Youth Group | Sacred Rhythms: May 15 | Let’s close out our year on learning about Sacred Rhythms and how we experience them throughout our daily lives. This week we will talk about scripture and learning to deepen our understanding and relationship with the Divine.
Connectivity Adult Faithwalk for May: Sundays in Asbury 1 at 10:30 | May 12th we will discuss “Healing the Heart of Democracy” a video by Parker Palmer. May 19th we will review important information from the General Conference of UMC. Connectivity will not meet on May 26th and will not have regular meetings during the summer.
Ruth Circle: Join Ruth Circle on Tuesday, May 14, for the Grand Opening of Emma Norton Services Restoring Waters facilities in the Highland Bridge area of St Paul. The group will car pool from church . RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED. Contact Diane Anderson 651-398-5904 | dbanderson@comcast.net
Flames Ministry Schedule: April - August | The Flames invite you to know God together in worship, fellowship and service. We meet 2nd Sundays for class and worship (with ASL) at Roseville. Flames welcome teens and adults with disabilities and other life challenges. [CLICK HERE] to view our schedule for spring and summer activities. Contact: Debby Newman | DebbyAndEve@gmail.com
Bible Study at St. Anthony Park: Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus | Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Bible Study at Roseville: Wednesdays at 6:00pm | Roseville Campus in Asbury 1 | Join anytime! Trouble reading and understanding the bible? Come and sift through the scriptures together. Find things for the first time or see things in a new light regardless of your background. We’ll use tools from Les Feldick Ministries. Contact: Mark Meyer mark.meyer@netzero.com.
Justice
General Conference Summary: Our United Methodist General Conference wrapped up May 3 with historic decisions on many fronts. The United Methodist Church’s longtime condemnation of homosexuality—which sparked a half-century of conflict—is now no more. The stage is set for a new regional structure for our denomination. The ban on ordination of gay clergy has been lifted. You can find the Minnesota Annual Conference’s summary of these and other major decisions at: https://www.minnesotaumc.org/newsdetail/summary-of-key-decisions-from-the-postponed-2020-general-conference-18356278
Visit the Rondo Commemorative Plaza: 315 Fisk Street, St. Paul – Learn more about the history of the Rondo Neighborhood of St. Paul at the Rondo Center of Diverse Expression, whose mission is to rekindle the spirit of Rondo and the preservation of those values that sustained Rondo through the devastation of its community. Visit the small museum, art display, and artifacts interpreting the Rondo experience.
Sacred Sites Tours: Tours are led by Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs (Mohican) and Kelly Sherman Conroy (Oglala Lakota). The tours offer an opportunity to learn about Minnesota history from a Native perspective through story-telling and experiencing the sites in silence / meditation / reflection. www.mnchurches.org/what-we-do/healing-minnesota-stories
Thank You: The Open Doors, Compassion, and Justice Teams of Centennial UMC would like to thank our generous friends and members for their contributions to the Easter Offering this year. In combination of donations and matching donations nearly $17,000 was contributed to the three recipients. Your generosity will advance the initiatives of the SUTR Project, Spare Key, and Africa Uplifted.
Want to get involved? Contact: Monique Lindquist moniquelindquist@gmail.com
Visit the Rondo Commemorative Plaza: 315 Fisk Street, St. Paul – Learn more about the history of the Rondo Neighborhood of St. Paul at the Rondo Center of Diverse Expression, whose mission is to rekindle the spirit of Rondo and the preservation of those values that sustained Rondo through the devastation of its community. Visit the small museum, art display, and artifacts interpreting the Rondo experience.
Sacred Sites Tours: Tours are led by Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs (Mohican) and Kelly Sherman Conroy (Oglala Lakota). The tours offer an opportunity to learn about Minnesota history from a Native perspective through story-telling and experiencing the sites in silence / meditation / reflection. www.mnchurches.org/what-we-do/healing-minnesota-stories
Thank You: The Open Doors, Compassion, and Justice Teams of Centennial UMC would like to thank our generous friends and members for their contributions to the Easter Offering this year. In combination of donations and matching donations nearly $17,000 was contributed to the three recipients. Your generosity will advance the initiatives of the SUTR Project, Spare Key, and Africa Uplifted.
Want to get involved? Contact: Monique Lindquist moniquelindquist@gmail.com
Worship
Worship at Roseville Campus is at 9:00am | Worship at St. Anthony Park is at 10:30am
Preaching next week: Pastor Whitney Sheridan
Preaching next week: Pastor Whitney Sheridan
Discovering God: What Centennial’s Scientists have to say about their faith - Centennial has a number of professional scientists as members. This series will be an interview style series where we ask our resident scientists what about their work reveals God’s work in creation.
Pentecost and Youth Sunday and Potluck: Sunday, May 19th
Don’t miss Pentecost as our youth leads us in worship and we celebrate being church together!
Pentecost and Youth Sunday and Potluck: Sunday, May 19th
Don’t miss Pentecost as our youth leads us in worship and we celebrate being church together!
Welcoming New Members:
Jean Schendel, and Jon & Sandy Johnston
We celebrate the FLAMES group who helped lead worship at the St. Anthony Park (SAP) campus on Sunday April 21, thanks to the new lift which has made the SAP campus more accessible! The FLAMES are teens and adults with various disabilities who meet regularly to grow in their faith through learning, worship, fellowship, and service. Singing God’s message with the puppets is one of their services.
COMMUNITY Info
Regretfully our new Communications and Office Manager, Joe Whetham, needed to step away from his position due to unforeseen personal circumstances. Please join us in lifting up Joe in prayer. Our hiring team is working on alternatives and hopeful that we will have a person in this position very soon.
Church Conference: May 21st, 7-7:30 pm, Hybrid meeting (in person in Asbury 1 at the Roseville campus, or over zoom) All Centennial UMC members are invited to attend a duly called Church Conference to elect a new member to the Leadership Board after a recent vacancy. Brian Johnson, long time member and worshipper at the Roseville Campus, has been nominated to step into one of two Trustee Lead positions on the Leadership Board. More information will be emailed out to the congregation about Brian as well as a zoom link for the Church Conference. Contact: wsheridan@centennialumc.org
Church Conference: May 21st, 7-7:30 pm, Hybrid meeting (in person in Asbury 1 at the Roseville campus, or over zoom) All Centennial UMC members are invited to attend a duly called Church Conference to elect a new member to the Leadership Board after a recent vacancy. Brian Johnson, long time member and worshipper at the Roseville Campus, has been nominated to step into one of two Trustee Lead positions on the Leadership Board. More information will be emailed out to the congregation about Brian as well as a zoom link for the Church Conference. Contact: wsheridan@centennialumc.org